Four international organisations, along with scholars Noam Chomsky and Rajmohan Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, have condemned the "incarceration" of former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid.
Hindus for Human Rights, Indian American Muslim Council, Dalit Solidarity Forum and India Civil Watch International joined Mr. Chomsky and Mr. Gandhi, in demanding the immediate release of Mr. Khalid, who was arrested on September 13, 2020 and has been in custody since then.
Mr. Chomsky, a renowned scholar-activist, and Mr. Gandhi, a research professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, issued video statements on Saturday condemning the incarceration of Mr. Khalid.